Phylogeny-based Species Delimitation in Philippine Slender Skinks (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae: Brachymeles): Taxonomic Revision of Pentadactyl Species Groups and Description of Three New Species

Dipsadine snakes of the genus Atractus are endemic to the Neotropical region, occurring from Panama to Argentina. Currently, the taxonomic status of most species of the genus is unclear and previous attempts of taxonomic revisions have been local in scale. In this paper we evaluate the taxonomic status of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest species of Atractus based on meristic, morphometric, maxillary dentition, and hemipenis characters. Quantitative and qualitative analyses suggest the recognition of one new species (A. caete sp. nov.) from the state of Alagoas, another (A. francoi sp. nov.) from the mountainous regions of the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, and the synonymy of A. kangueryensis with A. thalesdelemai. Specimens previously assigned to A. taeniatus in Argentina and Brazil are here considered A. paraguayensis. A key to the Atlantic Forest Atractus is provided and three new species groups are proposed for some cisAndean Atractus, mainly on the basis of hemipenial morphology: the A. emmeli, A. maculatus, and A. pantostictus species groups.

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Molecular phylogeny and species delimitation of Amiota alboguttata and Amiota basdeni species groups (Diptera: Drosophilidae) from East Asia

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society ◽

10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz132 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 189 (4) ◽

pp. 1370-1397 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ya-Lian Wang ◽

Hui-Luo Cao ◽

Hong-Wei Chen

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Molecular Phylogeny ◽

East Asia ◽

Species Delimitation ◽

Mitochondrial Gene ◽

Molecular Evidence ◽

Centre Of Origin ◽

Species Groups ◽

Three New Species ◽

Barcode Gap

Abstract Phylogenetic relationships of the two largest species groups in the genus Amiota [the Amiota alboguttata group (29 known and six new species) and the Amiota basdeni group (17 known and three new species)] were reconstructed using two mitochondrial gene sequences (COI and ND2). The paraphyly of the A. alboguttata group was identified based on molecular evidence. The monophyletic A. basdeni group is found to be nested in the A. alboguttata group, rendering the latter paraphyletic. Automatic barcode gap discovery and Bayesian phylogenetics and phylogeography methods were used to assess species limits of the A. alboguttata and A. basdeni groups. The results indicate that most analysed species could be delimited clearly, including nine new species (Amiota beama sp. nov., Amiota cyclophylla sp. nov., Amiota flormontana sp. nov., Amiota obtusa sp. nov., Amiota planiceps sp. nov., Amiota scrobicula sp. nov., Amiota jianjuni sp. nov., Amiota tentacula sp. nov. and Amiota xinglaii sp. nov.), except for some closely related morphospecies. Furthermore, based on the highly biased distributions of these two groups, southwestern China is hypothesized to be a possible centre of origin and diversification for Amiota in East Asia.

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New species of Eutarsopolipus (Trombidiformes: Podapolipidae) from the pterostichine genera Castelnaudia and Trichosternus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Australia

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4717.1.12 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4717 (1) ◽

pp. 206-230 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

OWEN D. SEEMAN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Delimitation ◽

Middle Eastern ◽

Isolated Populations ◽

North East ◽

Variable Species ◽

Species Groups ◽

Three New Species ◽

Large Hook ◽

Geographically Isolated

Three new species of Eutarsopolipus Berlese are described from the flightless pterostichine carabid genera Castelnaudia Tschitscherine and Trichosternus Chaudoir found in rainforests in eastern Queensland: Eutarsopolipus piraticus sp. nov. from Trichosternus frater Darlington and T. mutatus Darlington in north-east Queensland; E. uncatus sp. nov. from C. obscuripennis (Macleay) in north-east Queensland; and E. verberatus sp. nov. from Castelnaudia eungella (Darlington) in middle-eastern Queensland and C. wilsoni (Castelnau) in south-east Queensland. These species are unique in Eutarsopolipus by having large hook-like unguinal setae on tarsi II–III. All species differ by only a few minor features, and the geographically isolated populations of E. verberatus could not be distinguished reliably. Surprisingly, the presence/absence of leg I claws and seta v″ on femur I, which have been used to create species groups, is intraspecifically variable. Species delimitation and the tarsal setation of Podapolipidae, particularly Eutarsopolipus, are also discussed.

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Rubiacearum Americanarum Magna Hama Pars XLV: More New Species and Taxonomic Changes in Palicourea (Rubiaceae, Palicoureeae) and Psychotria subg. Heteropsychotria

Novon A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature ◽

10.3417/2019387 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 27 (3) ◽

pp. 165-195

Author(s):

Charlotte M. Taylor

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Molecular Analyses ◽

The Andes ◽

Taxonomic Changes ◽

Species Groups ◽

Three New Species ◽

Taxonomic Studies

Psychotria subg. Heteropsychotria Steyerm. has been shown by morphological and molecular analyses to be polyphyletic. Most of its species, including its type, belong to Palicourea Aubl. (“Pal.”). Thirty-two species of this group are reviewed here, and 17 species in Psychotria L. are transferred to Palicourea and one to Rudgea Salisb. Two replacement names, Pal. agudeloana C. M. Taylor and Pal. tabayensis C. M. Taylor, are published. Taxonomic studies here clarify circumscriptions of similar, often-confused species for several distinctive species groups found variously in Mesoamerica and the Andes: the Palicourea aschersonianoides group, the Palicourea galeottiana group, the Palicourea sulphurea group, and the Palicourea tristis group. Three new species of Palicourea are described: Pal. aschersonianula C. M. Taylor, Pal. gonzaleziana C. M. Taylor, and Pal. wachterae C. M. Taylor. Nineteen names are newly typified, and infrageneric classifications are noted for the species of Palicourea studied.

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Three new Anaulacomera species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from the Iguaçu National Park and nearby areas, southern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5061.2.6 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5061 (2) ◽

pp. 340-352

Author(s):

MARCOS FIANCO ◽

OSCAR J. CADENA-CASTAÑEDA ◽

NEUCIR SZINWELSKI ◽

LUIZ R. R. FARIA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

National Park ◽

Species Group ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Distribution Maps ◽

Incertae Sedis ◽

Present Distribution ◽

Species Groups ◽

Three New Species

Three new species of Anaulacomera are described, Anaulacomera (Anaulacomera) mariellae sp. n. and Anaulacomera (Anallomes) arlindoi sp. n., belonging respectively to the Inermis and Lanceolata species group, and Anaulacomera angelinae sp. n., placed as incertae sedis. The individuals were collected at the Iguaçu National Park and adjacent small fragments of Atlantic Forest, in southwestern Paraná state, Brazil. The description was based on external morphology of males. We also present distribution maps for the species of the Inermis and the Lanceolata species groups.

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Molecular systematics of Thouarella (Octocorallia:Primnoidae) with the description of three new species from the Southern Ocean based on combined molecular and morphological evidence

Invertebrate Systematics ◽

10.1071/is20078 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Mónica Núñez-Flores ◽

Daniel Gomez-Uchida ◽

Pablo J. López-González

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Southern Ocean ◽

Species Delimitation ◽

Nuclear Dna ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Weddell Sea ◽

Morphological Evidence ◽

Three New Species ◽

Taxonomic Framework ◽

The Antarctic

Thouarella Gray, 1870, is one of the most speciose genera among gorgonians of the family Primnoidae (Cnidaria:Octocorallia:Anthozoa), being remarkably diverse in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic seafloor. However, their diversity in the Southern Ocean is likely underestimated. Phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA markers were integrated with species delimitation approaches as well as morphological colonial and polyps features and skeletal SEM examinations to describe and illustrate three new species within Thouarella, from the Weddell Sea, Southern Ocean: T. amundseni sp. nov., T. dolichoespinosa sp. nov. and T. pseudoislai sp. nov. Our species delimitation results suggest, for the first time, the potential presence of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic cryptic species of primnoids, based on the likely presence of sibling species within T. undulata and T. crenelata. With the three new species here described, the global diversity of Thouarella has increased to 41 species, 15 of which are endemic to the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters. Consequently, our results provide new steps for uncovering the shelf benthonic macrofauna’s hidden diversity in the Southern Ocean. Finally, we recommend using an integrative taxonomic framework in this group of organisms and species delimitation approaches because the distinctions between some Thouarella species based only on a superficial examination of their macro- and micromorphological features is, in many cases, limited.

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Taxonomic revision of species of Haematoloechus Looss, 1899 (Digenea: Plagiorchioidea), with molecular phylogenetic analysis and the description of three new species from Mexico

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4526.3.1 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4526 (3) ◽

pp. 251 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

VIRGINIA LEÓN-RÈGAGNON ◽

JANET TOPAN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Nomen Nudum ◽

Phylogenetic Hypothesis ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

Phylogenetic Hypotheses ◽

Three New Species ◽

Host Parasite ◽

Species Inquirendae

Lung flukes of the genus Haematoloechus Looss, 1899 are common parasites of anurans worldwide, but the taxonomy of the group has been confusing. In this taxonomic revision, 89 species of Haematoloechus (= Pneumonoeces Looss, 1902, Ostioloides Odening, 1960, Ostiolum Pratt, 1903, Skrjabinoeces Sudarikov, 1950, Neohaematoloechus Odening, 1960, Metahaematoloechus Yamaguti, 1971) are listed. Of these, 70 are considered valid, three are species inquirendae (H. legrandi Mañé–Garzón & Gil, 1959, H. latoricensis Kozák, 1968 & H. vitelloconfluentum (Rai, 1962) Saeed, Al–Barwari & Al-Harmni, 2007), one is a nomen nudum H. sudarikovi Belouss, 1962, 14 are junior synonyms and one belongs to Ostioloides. This publication also describes three new species, H. occidentalis n. sp., H. veracruzanus n. sp. and H. mexicanus n. sp., parasitizing species of Rana Linnaeus in Mexico and redescribes Haematoloechus caballeroi (Skrjabin & Antipin, 1962) Yamaguti, 1971. The phylogenetic hypotheses based on sequences of mitochondrial and ribosomal DNA of Haematoloechus spp. show that genera proposed on the basis of morphological characters are not supported. The host records for species of Haematoloechus, together with the phylogenetic hypothesis of the genus, suggest that this host-parasite association predates the ranid diversification in the Cretaceous.

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Revision of Diphaulacosoma Jacoby, an endemic flea beetle genus from Madagascar, with description of three new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)

Fragmenta Entomologica ◽

10.4081/fe.2016.181 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 48 (2) ◽

pp. 143 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Maurizio Biondi ◽

Paola D'Alessandro

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Electron Micrographs ◽

Flea Beetle ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

New Material ◽

Three New Species ◽

Scanning Electron

A taxonomic revision of the flea beetle genus Diphaulacosoma Jacoby, endemic to Madagascar, is provided. This genus includes seven species of which three are new to science: D. elegans sp. n., D. jenisi sp. n., and D. nigroscutis sp. n. An updated catalogue including new material, new faunistic records, distributions, chorotypes, and ecological notes is supplied. Lectotypes for Diphaulacosoma laevipenne Jacoby, D. bicolor (Weise) and D. scutellare (Weise) are designated. Additionally, the revision comprises a key for the identification of all seven species considered, habitus photos, and microscope and scanning electron micrographs of diagnostic characters, including aedeagus and spermatheca.

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Molecular DNA barcoding of the water mite genus Protzia Persig, 1896 with a description of three new species and the unknown male of P. longiacetabulata (Acari, Hydrachnidia)

Systematic and Applied Acarology ◽

10.11158/saa.26.7.3 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Vladimir Pešić ◽

Harry Smit ◽

Pınar Gülle ◽

Miroslawa Dabert

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Dna Barcoding ◽

Species Delimitation ◽

Water Mite ◽

Southern Iran ◽

Three New Species ◽

Mite Genus ◽

Unknown Male

Species of the mite genus Protzia Piersig, 1896 are diverse and sometimes highly abundant freshwater mites. Here, we provide COI barcodes for five species (Protzia rugosa, P. rotunda, P. halberti, P. cabardinica, P. longiacetabulata) and use them for species delimitation analyses accompanied with morphological comparisons. As a result, we resurrected the species P. cabardinica (Sokolow, 1940). Based on morphology only, we describe three new species, P. kyrgyzica sp. nov. and P. tienshanensis sp. nov., from Kyrgyzstan and P. iranica sp. nov. from southern Iran. Furthermore, we describe the male of P. longiacetabulata from Turkey, which was not known previously.

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